captains-compass-cursor / rules
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Git, branch, issue, commit, and worktree policy
Where files are headingNew Cursor rule files have more rules about planning and tracking tasks, and fewer about code style.
Of the Cursor rule files we read, the 4,183 first seen in the last six months, against the older ones: the kind of rule that gained most share, and the kind that lost most. About files like this in general, not this one, and an estimate, since a kind is a pattern in the words.
In this repository52 other files it gives its agents.
- AGENTS.mdAGENTS.md
- .cursor/rules/00-core-operating-model.mdcCursor rule
- .cursor/rules/01-plan-approval-gate.mdcCursor rule
- .cursor/rules/03-validation-definition-of-done.mdcCursor rule
- .cursor/rules/04-documentation-memory.mdcCursor rule
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The file
We split this 02-git-worktree-policy.mdc into the rules it gives an agent
4 rules. About 0 are common, 4 are distinctive, and 0 are very specific to this project.
≈0
Common · estimate
Many files like this have a rule of this kind.
≈4
Distinctive · estimate
This author's own choices. Worth a look.
0
Very specific
Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.
- Common
- Distinctive
- Very specific
- Distinctive: line 6
Never implement directly on main, master, develop, or a protected release branch.
- Distinctive: line 8
Every implementation must have:
- Distinctive: line 17
Use parallel agents only when workstreams have clear file and interface boundaries.
- Distinctive: line 19
Use isolated Git worktrees for parallel workstreams.
≈ “Common” is an estimate: at least 1 in 5 of the 6,668 Cursor rule files we read have a rule of the same kind, not the same words. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.
Files
--- description: Git, branch, issue, commit, and worktree policy alwaysApply: true --- Never implement directly on main, master, develop, or a protected release branch. Every implementation must have: - An issue reference (or documented placeholder when GitHub is unavailable) - A feature or fix branch - A rollback checkpoint (tag or documented commit SHA) - Cohesive commits - A pull request (or PR-ready description) - Validation evidence Use parallel agents only when workstreams have clear file and interface boundaries. Use isolated Git worktrees for parallel workstreams. Branch naming: feature/<issue>-<description> fix/<issue>-<description> agent/<issue>-<role>-<description> Commit format: <type>(<scope>): <summary> (<issue-reference>)
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